Best walleye lakes in Wyoming
17 Wyoming waters list walleye (official records or labelled estimates), 3 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Low-light predator with reflective eyes. Feeds on structure edges at dawn, dusk and night.
- Bighorn Lake — 447 ft max · Walleye, Sauger, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #1: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
- Boysen Reservoir — 107 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, SaugerWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
- Keyhole Reservoir — 74 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, CrappieWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Glendo Reservoir — 127 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish, White Bass & HybridsWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
- Wheatland Reservoir 3 — 50 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Desmet Lake — 120 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
- Packers Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
…plus 10 more Wyoming waters holding walleye.
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How to use this ranking
The order is a map-planning ranking, not a claim about today's fish population. It favors larger mapped waters and gives survey-backed contours a three-times data-quality boost. Agency population surveys, current regulations, access and recent conditions should make the final decision.
Compare maximum depth across 37,233 lake records · See Wyoming waters with public access data
When to fish walleye in Wyoming
- Spring 4–15 ft — Spawning runs to gravel shoals, rocky shorelines and inflows.
- Summer 15–35 ft — Deep humps and breaklines by day; edges and flats in low light.
- Fall 12–40 ft — Fish steep structure near deep basins; big fish move shallow at night.
- Winter 20–40 ft — Deep basin flats and humps; short dawn/dusk feeding windows.
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